Mark Hughes

Franco Colapinto makes his F1 debut at the 2024 Italian GP for Williams – can the aspirational Argentinian make his mark?

Lando Norris has a huge F1 championship points gap to make up, but the momentum is with him while Max Verstappen struggles with his car – not unlike Hunt vs Lauda in '76, writes Mark Hughes

Lando Norris and McLaren reigned supreme at the Dutch GP on a track that suited them – but it remains to be seen if it can maintain the dominance else where, writes Mark Hughes

Reports of an asymmetric braking system — which has now been made illegal — fuelled rumours about Red Bull's sudden decrease in form. But, as Mark Hughes writes, the claims made are unsubstantiated

At least one F1 team is suspected of using an asymmetric braking system that has been specifically outlawed over the summer break. Mark Hughes looks at where the evidence points

Aston Martin is assembling a formidable group of F1 engineers in preparation for an assault on the F1 title in 2026. Hiring Adrian Newey would cap a heavyweight technical team says Mark Hughes

There’ s plenty of talk of how volatile the 2025 driver market has been, but if anything it’s been overshadowed by the conveyor belt of senior staff changes recently. In…

With uncertainty at Red Bull and Mercedes, Carlos Sainz stalled his F1 contract negotiations for as long as he could. In the end, writes Mark Hughes, he had to sign with Williams or risk seeing Valtteri Bottas take the seat

Racing with an unproven set-up and — thanks to George Russell's instinct — an untested strategy, Mercedes surprised everyone with a Belgium 1-2, writes Mark Hughes. But the root of F1 success may have been its downfall

Look beyond the head-to-head qualifying results between F1 team-mates, and a different picture emerges around which drivers are closely matched, writes Mark Hughes

For a few laps of the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix, Lando Norris looked as if he was about to defy team orders, as Sebastian Vettel did in F1's infamous 'Multi 21' episode. Mark Hughes examines the parallels

Max Verstappen's rage and tension on Lando Norris's F1 radio only diverted from McLaren's walkover at the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes, with much of the furore down to a single, small mistake

Carlos Sainz has repeatedly stalled in making his 2025 F1 team choice – but has the market moved towards him?

Within the historic demonstration run at the British Grand Prix was a 1972 McLaren M19 which — in one crucial area — was more advanced than even the next-generation 2026 F1 cars, writes Mark Hughes

One has the jitters, one has hope after years of agonising defeat and the other is struggling to keep up. Mark Hughes analyses how three key figures on the F1 grid are trying to overcome their confidence crises

Why has Renault CEO Luca de Meo re-hired Flavio Briatore? It’s an obvious question given Briatore’s infamous firing by Renault in 2009 for the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix scandal. Briatore…

Lewis Hamilton's 2024 British Grand Prix victory was hard-fought and deserved. But, writes Mark Hughes, this was another F1 race where McLaren mistakes cost it the win